Can action research make the project of inclusive education easier? This book provides a practical guide to ways in which research can genuinely help dismantle discriminatory and exclusionary practices. It has insider accounts of action research to help challenge readers' assumptions.

Those seeking to empower marginalised individuals and groups through powerful research in action will find this book inspiring and engaging, whether they are undergoing initial teacher education or in-service courses, practitioners on Continuing Professional Development programmes or engaged in action research and teaching in higher education themselves.

1. Action Research: Developing Inclusive Practice and Transforming Cultures F. Armstrong &
M. Moore 2. Disability and Empowerment: Personal Integrity in Further Education Research
V. Thompson 3. From Confusion to Collaboration: Can Special
Schools Contribute to Developing Inclusive Practice in Mainstream Schools? P. Zelaieta 4. Forging and Strengthening Alliances: Learning Support Staff and the Challenge of Inclusion C. Sorsby 5. Students Who Challenge: Reducing Barriers to Inclusion L. Simpson 6. 'We like to talk and we like someone
to listen' Cultural Differences and Minority Values as Agents of Change M. Clifton 7. Ordinary Teachers, Ordinary Struggles: Including Children with Social and Communication Difficulties in Everyday Classroom Life K. Charles 8. 'What about
me? I live here too!' Raising Voices and Changing Minds Through Participatory Research J. Gwynn 9. Changing Places: Gay
Students, Teachers and Research Action C. J. Slater 10. Challenging Behaviour: Ours, Not Theirs K. Dunn